Editing Ahmed al-Haznawi (section)

===1999&ndash;2000===
al-Haznawi announced he was leaving his family in 1999 to [[Second Chechen War|fight in Chechnya]], although his father forbade him from travelling to [[Chechnya]].<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/international/story/0,3604,685102,00.html | work=The Guardian | location=London | title=Chilling, defiant: the video suicide message of a September 11 killer | first=Julian | last=Borger | date=April 16, 2002 | access-date=April 23, 2010}}</ref> His father and brother, Abdul Rahman al-Haznawi, reportedly last heard from him in late 2000, after he made references to [[Afghan training camp|training in Afghanistan]].

On 12 November 2000, al-Haznawi applied for and received a two-year U.S. [[B-1/B-2 Visa|B-1/B-2
(tourist/business) visa]] in [[Jeddah, Saudi Arabia]].<ref name="visa">{{cite web |url=http://www.9-11commission.gov/staff_statements/911_TerrTrav_Monograph.pdf |title=Staff Monograph on 9/11 and Terrorist Travel |publisher=9/11 Commission |year=2004 |access-date=2009-05-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040923223220/http://www.9-11commission.gov/staff_statements/911_TerrTrav_Monograph.pdf |archive-date=2004-09-23 |url-status=live }}</ref>

From 27 November 2000, through 27 December that year, al-Haznawi was in [[Saudi Arabia]] for [[Ramadan]]. It is theorized that during this trip, he may have initially told [[Saeed al-Ghamdi|Saeed]] and [[Hamza al-Ghamdi]] about the operation.

Some time late in 2000, al-Haznawi traveled to the [[United Arab Emirates]], where he purchased [[traveler's cheque]]s presumed to have been paid for by [[Mustafa al-Hawsawi]].  Five other hijackers also passed through the UAE and purchased travellers cheques, including [[Majed Moqed]], [[Saeed al-Ghamdi]], [[Hamza al-Ghamdi]], [[Wail al-Shehri]], and [[Ahmed al-Nami]].